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had mine for several months, posted about it here
I only use adapted lenses, no native AF lenses. It's on the camera pretty much all the time, and haven't noticed any undue battery drain. Then again, I don't expect mirrorless cameras to act like DSLRs when it comes to batteries; I rotate 3 of them.
The firmware is still somewhat buggy, occasionally gets confused, requiring a power-down, or even unmounting/remounting the adapter. Currently using rev 3.
I find longer focal lengths require some manual focus assistance but once you're somewhat within the range (this is hard to quantify/describe) the adapter will lock focus pretty quickly. Under certain lighting conditions it's necessary to focus at a wider aperture, then stop down. But if there is good light it will focus quickly even stopped down.
Tested it with many M lenses including the 35/1.4 ZM (which is an unbelievable optic) but mostly use it with C/Y lenses: 28/2.8, 35/2.8, 50/1.7, 35-70/3.4, 135/2.8, 80-200/4.
I think of it as a 'focus confirmation' adapter, if that makes sense, for those who have adapted lenses in the past using chipped adapters with DSLRs. Except, it actually *does* confirm accurate focus, and with AF, of course.
Being able to absolutely nail focus with normal viewing (i.e., without requiring peaking or focus assist magnification) is a real game-changer.
Having a built-in variable extension tube is super-cool, as well.
It's not perfect by any means but I'm more than happy with it. Someone who expects it to work as quickly and seamlessly as native AF lenses might be disappointed, but anyone who has experimented with adapted lenses should be very, very pleased.
This is with the CY 80-200/4
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Edited on Aug 16, 2016 at 05:52 PM · View previous versions
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